Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
उवाच परमं गुह्यं धर्माणां व्याप्तिनिश्चयम् ॥ अयं धर्मो मया ह्येतच्छ्रुते धर्मे सनातने
uvāca paramaṃ guhyaṃ dharmāṇāṃ vyāpti-niścayam || ayaṃ dharmo mayā hy etac chrute dharme sanātane
അവൻ ധർമ്മങ്ങളുടെ സർവ്വവ്യാപ്തിയെ നിർണ്ണയിപ്പിക്കുന്ന പരമ ഗുഹ്യ രഹസ്യം പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു. ‘ഇതുതന്നെ ധർമ്മം; ശ്രുതിയുടെ സനാതനധർമ്മത്തിൽ ഞാൻ കേട്ടതുപോലെ’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.
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The verse signals Purāṇic reliance on earlier authoritative discourse (śruti/‘what is heard’) to legitimize ethical teaching, illustrating how Purāṇas position themselves within wider Sanskrit intellectual history.
No geographic location appears in this verse.
Dharma is presented as an all-pervasive principle whose correct determination is considered a ‘secret’ teaching grounded in received tradition.
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
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